Christianity Today has a cover article on Science Fiction. My take is that SF often tries to answer the question of origins by saying aliens seeded our planet, which only delays the question rather than answer it. If life on earth came from another planet, where then did that life come from? Also SF tends to portray aliens either as hostile invaders or benevolent messiahs (Close Encounters is basically a religious movie), or both (To Serve Man). SF can replace trust in Christ with the hope of an ET rescue and/or the godlike evolution of humankind, believing the serpent's lie. CT aptly says that "progress is not our redemption".
aOne positive note: Fox has decided to pick up the next Narnia Movie (the Dawn Treader)!
A La Carte (April 16)
15 hours ago
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The overall theory is called Panspermia. Life originating elsewhere in the Galaxy and being deposited via some mechanism on earth.
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/P/panspermia.html
One variant of theory is commonly called "Directed Panspermia". Originally put for in 1973 by molecular biologists Sir Francis Crick (DNA) and Leslie Orgel in which the Earth was "seeded" with a veriety of different organisms.
My favorite version contaminatino theory of Thomas Gold (1960) whereby he bleives life on eath is the product of refuse left by a space faring race.
-G
SciFi can also be quite beneficial to the Christian Cause. One only has to point to the great body of dystopian literature out there. Gattaca for example is a great movie which shows the drawbacks of a naturalistic philosophy, or as Sagan would say "Dancing to our DNA" Quite frankly it's not really that far fetched given the current direction of DNA research.
-G
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